Subject: [Tweeters] AMERICAN CROWS Dive Bombing a...WHAT??
Date: Jun 27 13:37:27 2007
From: johntubbs at comcast.net - johntubbs at comcast.net


Hi All,

Yesterday evening when I got home from work I looked out the window to see (and hear) four or five crows about 100 yards away dive bombing something. Whatever the something was appeared to be at ground level based on the crows' flight paths. Curious, I grabbed my binocs to see what could be on the ground that they were after. Peregrine? Nope. Eagle? Nope. Hawk? Nope. Owl? Nope.

What they were dive bombing was an adult coyote sauntering across an open area...! I don't know if this is common behavior for crows, but it certainly was a first for me. Hard to imagine what threat the coyote posed to them unless there was a fledgling crow out of the nest too early and who wasn't able to get airborne yet that they were protecting.

Anyone else ever witness something like this?

John Tubbs
johntubbs at comcast.net
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